Music Trade Review

Issue: 1951 Vol. 110 N. 4

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Christmas Shoppers Joined in Singing
Carols at Thurman & Boone Festivities
For several days preceding last
Christmas, E. E. Thurman, president of
the Thurman & Boone Co., Roanoke,
Va., used his spacious warerooms ad-
accompanists and all the programs were
broadcast over WDEJ of Roanoke.
Over 200 people came in from their
Christmas shopping to sit or stand and
president of Roanoke College, as a
speaker. In this way, Mr. Thurman was
able to enlist the resources and coopera-
tion of all local music groups. Accom-
paniments were played on the Hammond
organ by Dr. Alfred H. Strick. Jack
D. Walker, Thurman & Boone demon-
strator, also played the piano.
The instruments handled by Thur-
THRKE VIEWS OF THE THURMAN & BOONE CHRISTMAS SIN"(i IX ROAXOKE, VA. LAST DECEMBER.
vantageously by arranging programs
for Christmas music, played and broad-
cast from the main floor showroom.
The talent included local soloists and
take part in carol singing. On the last
program, Mrs. A. D. Miller, president
of the Thursday Morning Music Club,
introduced Dr. H. Sherman Oberly,
man & Boone include Conover-Cable.
Estey, Sohmer & Co., Sterling, Weaver
pianos and the Hammond organ. M. L.
Ratcliffe is manager of the music and
appliance department of the store.
Los Angeles Schools Now Use
Over 450 Gulbransen Pianos
schools in Los Angeles started back in
August of 1948 when E. P. Williams,
sales manager of the Gulbransen Co.,
advised the Gulbransen dealers in South-
ern California that the Los Angeles city
school system was interested in buying
pianos. So far, the Gulbransen piano,
it seems, had not been submitted, and
Mr. Joly arranged with the Gulbransen
Co. to fly a Gulbransen Ambassador
grand to Los Angeles for the board's
inspection. When the piano arrived, it
was very well received by the Los An-
geles purchasing department, and even-
tually several of these pianos were pur-
chased.
In the latter months of 1948 they pur-
chased several more, and then deter-
mining to place their orders on an an-
nual basis there were a larger number
of orders in 1949. Through the coopera-
tion of the Gulbransen Co., the Los An-
geles City Board of Education were ad-
vised that Gulbransen would produce a
studio piano particularly for school use,
and this was flown to Los Angeles for
the public showing along with all pianos
submitted to the Los Angeles board. The
Hancock Music Co. of Pasadena was
awarded the contract which in 1949
totaled over 400 Gulbransen pianos.
The Los Angeles public schools now
have 453 Gulbransen pianos in use in
the schools, 115 of which are grands.
The most recent bids which were award-
ed recently were for 27 studio uprights
which went to the Hancock Music Co.,
Pasadena, Cal., and 8 grands which
went to the Gould Music Co., and the
Southern California Music Co.
According to John Joly, of the Han-
cock Music Co., the story regarding the
use of the Gulbransen piano in the
Easter Season Windows Which Attracted New York Fifth Ave. Crowds
WM. KXABE & CO. WINDOW AND THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, NEW YORK
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 19S1
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Maus Piano Co. Completes Enlarging
Headquarters in Raleigh, N. C.
The Maus Piano Co. of Raleigh,
N. C, exclusively handling pianos and
organs, just completed the enlargement
and renovation of its headquarters. The
Co. was formed, it occupied part of
the present building but the success of
this enterprise has been so marked that
the occupying of the entire ground floor
Baldwin, Kohler & Campbell, Lester,
Musette, and Winter & Co.
Bay City Schools Buy 9 Wurlitzers
W. J. Davis Music House, of Saginaw,
Mich., recently sold nine Model 901,
Wurlitzer School Pianos to the Board of
Education for use in public schools in
Bay City, Mich.
YOU CAN SAVE TIME SELLING A
KNOWN NAME AND AN ESTABLISHED
QUALITY PIANO SUCH AS
KIMBALL
THE WORLD'S ONLY PIANO OFFERING
ALL 4 TONE-TOUCH FEATURES!
S. P Maus, Lyitian Seymour of Winter & Co., and S. E. Rose in the New VVareroom of the Maus
Piano Co.
piano sales floor, as shown in the ac-
companying illustration, is attractively
decorated and furnished with colorful
leather chairs, lamps and odd tables
which are placed about the room and
give the store a rather homey appear-
ance.
The business was established in Au-
gust, 1943, succeeding the Manning
Piano Co. which operated in the city
and other parts of North Carolina for
several years. When the Maus Piano
anh doubling display space became
necessary.
S. T. Maus has been in the piano
business since 1922 when he went to
work with the Houck Piano Co. in
Little Rock, Ark. He is the owner of
the business and is assisted by S. E.
Rose, piano salesman. The service de-
partment is conducted by L. E. Minton
and T. S. Newberry, D. S. Burrough
and R. H. Percival.
The lines of pianos handled are the
REBUILT and RECONDITIONED
BEACH
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GRAND and UPRIGHT ^g^
also MIRRAPIANOS
A National Reputation for High Grade
Workmanship, Durable Construction,
Artistic Finishes
IHoblum fMnno Co.,31m.
Est. 1914
Harry Brodwin, Pres.
246 West 23rd Street, New York 11, N. Y.
CARILLONETTE CHIMES
TOWER BELL REPRODUCER
and the
MINI-CHIMES
"Nothing But a Bell Rings Like a Bell"
SEND FOR CATALOGS
BEACH INSTRUMENT CORP.
165 Oraton St.
Newark 4, N. J.
about why Bauer Benches are fast becoming a national favorite. These
sturdily constructed benches carefully styled to match all well known
piano makes and styles come to you superbly finished in correct colors.
Our motto "Bauer Better Benches" is based upon the conviction of the
trade that a fine piano deserves a fine bench and conversely that a fine
bench greatly assists in the sale of a fine piano.
BAUER BENCH COMPANY, INC.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 1951
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.
OF THE N A T I O N
Model 37X . . . a popular Bremen
model authentically patterned in
transitional styling, recognized for its
outstanding value in tonal perfection and
superb musical performance.
Bremen Piano Corporation
Manufacturers 15rCTTl CT1 tpinttt. q.and.
3047 W. CARROLL AYE. • CHICAGO 12, ILLINOIS
PLAYERS REBUILT
• Airmotors
• Bellows
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44 PELHAM ROAD
KEYBOARD
• Pneumatics
• Rebuilt
Write:
TOLBERT F. CHEEK
11 Beauport Avenue, Gloucester, Mass.
Used Grand and Upright Pianos
Selection of 200 instruments
Write, Phone or Call
SAMUEL ORR
390 Washington St.
Newark 2, N. J.
Mitchell 2-1502
"Pennies from Heaven"

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